peas
peas — noun
- peassingular
- peasesplural
1. a small, round, bright green seed that grows in a row inside a long pod and is c
a small, round, bright green seed that grows in a row inside a long pod and is cooked as food
Yumi spooned a pile of bright green peas onto her dinner plate.
countable food noun, almost always used in the plural 'peas'
The soup was full of carrots, peas, and small chunks of potato.
Sven hates peas, so he always pushes them to the side of his plate.
Fresh peas taste much sweeter than the ones that come in a can.
Grandma shelled the peas, dropping each one into a metal bowl.
- garden pea
the ordinary edible variety; the same thing in everyday cooking
- green pea
stresses the colour; common on menus and frozen-food packaging
用法筆記
Usually plural ('peas') when talking about the food; the singular 'pea' shows up mainly in compounds like 'pea soup', 'split pea', or 'one pea'.
常見錯誤
2. a climbing garden plant that has white blossoms and grows long pods full of roun
a climbing garden plant that has white blossoms and grows long pods full of round green seeds
Kabir planted rows of peas along the sunny fence in his back garden.
collocation: plant / grow peas
The pea climbs upward by curling its thin green stems around a wooden stick.
singular 'pea' refers to the whole growing plant
Heloísa grows peas, beans, and tomatoes in the small plot behind her kitchen.
By late spring the pea plants had climbed right to the top of the netting.
Each pea plant needs a tall stick or string to climb as it grows.
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this is the whole growing plant (often called the 'pea plant' or 'pea vine'), not the seed you eat off the plate.